Dr. Furses Flipped Classes

^^^ That's me. Dr. Cynthia Furse Links to an external site., Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Associate VP for Research, University of Utah. Really, I'm just 'Cindy'. I think of myself as a researcher (antennas and bioelectromagnetics), a teacher, an administrator (passionate about helping faculty create successful research teams), a business exec. (founded LiveWire Innovation Links to an external site., finding faults on aging electrical wires ... live!), a wife, Mom, and Grandma (x3!). I ride horses, camp, and hike. These last things are very important, and are one of the reasons I love the flipped classroom. I can provide a great education for my students and NOT stay up all night preparing lectures.

Welcome to my Flipped Classroom Page! I have been teaching with the flipped classroom since 2007. This method has worked extremely well for me, so I am excited to share it with you.I started teaching graduate-level Numerical Electromagnetics this way, found it worked so well (students loved it, and they learned easier), so I moved on to junior-level Intro to Electromagnetics. That worked great too (I especially like the higher level thinking questions I get from the students in class). Now I am prepping freshman Intro to ECE (basically freshman circuits and Matlab) for spring semester 2014. That will be a new experience, since I haven't taught freshman since I was a graduate student myself. Watch for updates! My personal experience with this method has been so positive that I have wanted to share it. The online lectures are only part of the magic -- the best part happens in class, where we now have TIME (precious time!) for problem solving, applications, and real discussion. I hope you have a great experience as you flip your class too. Thank you for joining us for the TeachFLIPPED! program.

Here is a brief description of what I have been doing in my classes:

C. Furse, Teaching without Lecturing Links to an external site., IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, Vol 53. No. 5, Oct. 2011. pp. 176-179.

and an 'ad' for the method that shows some of my in class time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFb0rb4m8qY

Technology I use is described on our technology page: Resources: Technology

Hardware: An older model HP Thinkpad Tablet PC, with stylus. A Skype Headset.

Software: Previously Jing. Now Ink2Go. I use PowerPoint as a 'canvas' to write on.

Storage: I upload all videos to YouTube with public settings. I organize them on Canvas.

Here are the two classes I have taught this way (and one under construction):

ECE3300 Intro to EM (juniors) (NOTE: if this opens up blank, right click, copy Link Location, and then paste that into a new window to open it correctly) And a video (sound is not so great, but it is real!) of in class time.

In the interests of helping you create the best possible flipped class, I am providing the evaluations I have received from my students with no 'sugar coating'.

Fall2007 (starting the flip) report Download report

& comments Download comments

Fall2009 Download Fall2009

(fully flipped, first time)

Fall2010 Download Fall2010

Fall2011(Course evaluation system changed, created confusion about if TA or professor was being evaluated, so ... the 'numbers' are unreliable. Comments are more reliable -- 'She' is professor, 'He' is one of several TAs.)

Fall2011 Download Fall2011

ece3300 fall 2011 combined.pdf Download ece3300 fall 2011 combined.pdf

Fall2012 Download Fall2012

Experience of Pakistani Instructor using my videos in his flipped course: pakistan.docx Download pakistan.docx

What students say about this course:

click HERE Links to an external site.

Also see comments under the various youtube videos and my channel.

ECE6340 Links to an external site. Numerical EM (seniors/grad students)

ECE1250 Introduction to ECE (freshman circuits, prepping for spring 2014)

For blow-by-blow formative assessment of this class, see: Dr. Furses Course Assessment

My YouTube Channel Links to an external site.

Here is a Master Class I did on the Flipped Classroom Links to an external site.

(including pre-class discussion with faculty visitors, pre-class lecture video, in class time, after class discussion with students, after class discussion with faculty, all unfiltered. The audio isn't great, so wear a headset to hear better.)

And a few presentations I have done on this method:

A Busy Professors’ Guide to Sanely Flipping Your Classroom Links to an external site. (keynote at Fall 2012 Instructional Design Summit, streaming video, this is pretty long, including QA)

Or see it on YouTube:

Short Version (15min): Part 1 Links to an external site. Part 2 Links to an external site. Example LectureVideo Links to an external site.